Awesome Ants

Awesome Ants is mostly about...

• how a queen ant runs a colony

• how an ant builds a colony

• the amazing lives of ants

• how to make an ant farm

Antennae help an ant to

• climb

• eat

• smell

• dig

Which detail is the most important in the section "Let's Talk?"

• Ants communicate with touch, sound, and smell

• Ants can lift more than twenty times their weight

• Ants have six legs and three body parts

• Worker ants find food and protect the nest

In the author's opinion,

• ants are dangerous and you should stay away from them

• everyone should have an ant farm

• ants are amazing and interesting insects

• ants are boring and not worth learning about

What happens when an ant finds food?

• It stands next to the food and waits for the other ants

• It lays down a trail of chemicals for other ants to follow

• It makes a loud noise and stomps its feet

• It goes back to the colony to be with the other ants

Which of these is an opinion?

• Ant colonies are filled with activity

• All ants in the colony are related

• Some queens can lay thousands of eggs a day

• Ants may be small, but can do awesome things

How are the queen ant and all of the other ants in the nest the same?

• They all travel outside the nest to get food

• They all keep the nest clean

• They all lay eggs

• They are all females

The main way ants communicate is by

• talking

• smell

• sound

• touch

A group of living things that are physically similar and can reproduce together are called...

• a mammal

• a thorax

• a species

• a colony

What is the effect of some queen ants having wings?

• The can collect food for all of the other ants

• They can fly and collect pollen from flowers

• They can fly off and start new colonies

• They can go on vacation whenever they feel like it